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LoL Patch 13.1 | All Buffs and Nerfs

Patch Notes 10-01-2023 16:35

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LoL Patch 13.1 is going to kick off the new year right. We're getting a mid-scope update, some champion and system updates and some epic new skins as well.

We are going to check out the first League of Legends patch of 2023. How will the jungle changes affect the season and what does Riot have planned for the new year, now that League of Legends is going into Season 13.

League of Legends Patch Schedule 2023

LoL System Buffs and Nerfs in LoL Patch 13.1

Item Buffs in LoL Patch 13.1

Riot is making some adjustments to a few items in the upcoming League of Legends Patch. These are just slight changes and we expect more to pop up in the coming weeks.

Item	Changes in LoL Patch 13.1
Axiom Arc	Lethality: 10 >>> 18
Catalyst of Aeons	Damage to Mana: 8% >>> 7% Mana to Healing: 20% >>> 25% Max Healing per Cast: 15 >>> 20
Rod of Ages	Damage to Mana: 8% >>> 7% Mana to Healing: 20% >>> 25% Max Healing per Cast: 15 >>> 20 Bonus MS: 25% >>> 35% Bonus MS duration: 2s >>> 3s MS threshhold: 250 >>> 200
Horizon Focus	Ability Power >>> 85 --> 100
Winter's Approach	Cost: 2700 >>> 2600 Health: 350 >>> 400

Seraph's Embrace and Jak'Sho, The Protean Will Be Adjusted in LoL Patch 13.1

Jak'Sho is one of the new items introduced in the 2023 League of Legends Preseason. It's meant for tanks, but it seems that everyone and their mother are building this item since it's got a 70% pick rate as we head into the upcoming first League of Legends Patch 13.1.

Therefore, Riot is looking to neutralize the item on tank champions, while making it much weaker on fighters and others that have also loved building the item. Champions like Irelia have a 56% win rate with the item and that just seems infair, right?

Item	Changes
Jak'Sho, the Protean	Cost: 3100 >>> 3200 Resist: 2/s +15% total resists at max stacks >>> 2 per second +20% bonus resist at max stacks Drain Amount: 3% max HP >>> 80+7% max HP No longer drains minions/monsters

Ahead of the 2023 season Riot also played around with some Seraph's Embrace changes. While those changes hadn't been all too succesful and they ended up getting pulled off the PBE server, it seems like Riot might have found what they wanted to do with it and are shipping the changes in the patch.

Item	Changes
Seraph's Embrace	Cost: 2600 >>> 3000 Ability Power: 60 >>> 80 Ability Haste 0 >>> 10 Grants Haste equal to 1.3% bonus mana >>> Grants AP equal to 2.5 bonus mana Empyrean Passive Removed, replaced with Lifelines Passive, granting a shield for 250+20% current mana

System Nerfs in LoL Patch 13.1

There is only one system getting nerfed in the upcoming Legue of Legends Patch and that is Legend Tenacity. The rune will receive a nerf, which has some players worried, but Riot hasn't revealed the exact details of the nerf just yet.

Tenacity Legend
- 5% (+2.5% per Legend Stack) >>> 5% (+1.5% per Legend Stack)

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Want to know more about the upcoming mid-scope updates? Check out what was leaked for Rell:

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Jax Mid-Scope Update in LoL Patch 13.1

Jax is also going to be getting his long-awaited mid-scope update. Alright, it's not been that long since it was announced. Neeko mains have had to wait longer, but this mid-scope is much smaller than any of the other ones we've seen... if this is a mid-scope then we can count what Riot did to Zeri in the previous patch also a mid-scope update, right?

Riot Is Making Big Changes to Yuumi

Abilities	Changes in Jax Mid-Scope Update
Q - Leap Strike	AP Ratio: 60% >>> removed
E - Counter Strike	Damage: 55-155 (+50% bonus AD) physical damage >> 55-175 + 4% max health (+100% AP) magic damage Damage bonus per attack dodges: 20% of total damage >> 20% of base damage
R - Grandmaster's Might	Cooldown: 80s >>> 100 - 80s Passive: Damage: 100 / 140 / 180 (+70% AP) >>> 100-150 (+60% AP) Active: Bonus Armor: 10 - 40 + 10% bAD and 14 - 22 + 10% bAD per target >>> 25 - 65 + 40% bAD and 15 - 25% + 10% bAD per target Bonus MR is 75% of Armors Value New Active: Jax swings his lantern around him, dealing 150-350 (+100% AP) magic damage to nearby enemies. If he hits a champion he gains 10-40 (+.1 Bonus AD) Armor and Magic Resist, plus 14-22 (+.1 Bonus AD) per champion hit for the next 8 seconds. During this time the passive damage applies every 2nd attack instead of every 3rd.

Jax will also be getting some new visuals for his ultimate to let players know when the passive is ready. Oh, and thanks to the new passive we are also getting some updated VFX there as well. His icons have also been updated.

His original passive icon will be used for the new mini game that has been added to Jax. You can now go fishing with him in the river and gain one extra gold. Oh, and fish-champions will give Jax one additional gold as well when he kills them.

Champion Buffs and Nerfs in LoL Patch 13.1

Champion Nerfs in LoL Patch 13.1

While we are only getting one system nerf, in the upcoming patch, Riot is going to focus on multiple champions. K'Sante was one of the most stand-out champions at the 2022 Demacia Cup with an insanely high win rate and presence. While he is doing fine in solo queue, it seems that Riot is looking to nerf him with the start of the professional season soon, but he isn't the only champ getting nerfed:

Champion	Nerfs in LoL Patch 13.1
Aatrox	P - Deathbringer Stance Damage: 5-12% >>> 4-10% E - Umbral Dash Healing During Ultimate: 25/30/35/40/45 >>> 20/23/28/32/36 R - World Ender Movement Speed: 60/80/100% >>> 50/65/80%
Dr. Mundo	Base Stats HP: 653 >>> 613 AR Growth: 4.2 >>> 3.7 E - Blunt Force Trauma Bonus AD: 2.5/3/3.5/4/4.5% max HP >>> 2/2.5/3/3.5/4% max HP
Fiora	P - Duelist's Stance Damage: 3+(4.5% per 100 bonus AD) >>> 3(+4% per 100 bonus AD) Q - Lunge Damage: 95/100/105/110/115% bonus AD >>> 90/95/100/105/110% bonus AD
K'Sante	Base Stats Movement Speed: 335 >>> 330 P - Dauntless Instinct Damage: 10-25 >>> 50-20 W - Path Maker Minimum Damage: 4.25/4.5/4/75/5/5.25 target's max HP >>> 2/2.25/2.5/2.75/3% of target's maximum health Maximum Physical damage: 8.25/8.5/8.75/9/9.25% of targets max HP >>> 7/7.25/7.5/7.75/8% of targets max HP
Rammus	Base Stats AD 56 >>> 53 Health: 634 >>> 614 W - Defensive Ball Curl Percent Bonus Resists now amps flat resists from W Armor: 40 >>> 25 Perc Armor: 60/70/80/90/100% >>> 40/55/70/85/100%
Yuumi	Q - Prowling Projectile Damage: 50/90/130/170/210/250 >>> 50/80/110/140/170/250 Empowered Damage: 60/110/160/210/260/310 >>> 60/100/140/180/220/260
Zeri	Base Stats AD Growth: 1.5 >>> 1.3 Q - Burst Fire DamageL 15/18/21/24/27 >>> 15/17/19/21/23

Champions Buffs in LoL Patch 13.1

The buff list is a little shorter than the nerf list this time around. Here is a list of all champions getting buffed in the coming patch:

Champion	Buffs in LoL Patch 13.1
AD Shaco	Q - Deceive Mana Cost: 60 >>> 40 Backstab Crit: 30% >>> 40% E - Two-Shiv Poison AD Ratio: 75% >>> 80%
Jayce	Base Stats AD: 54 >>> 57 W - Lightning Field Damage per tick: 25/40/55/70/85/100 >>> 35/50/65/80/95/110 Q - To the Skies! 55/100/145/190/235/280 >>> 65/115/165/215/265/315
Lissandra	Base Stats HP: 104 >>> 110 Q - Ice Shard Slow: 16/19/22/25/28% >>> 20/24/28/32/36% W - Ring of Frost Cooldown: 14/13/12/11/10s >>> 12/11/10/9/8s
Sion	Base Stats HP: 615 >>> 655 Q - Decimating Smash Max Damage: 70/135/200/265/330 >>> 90/155/220/285/350
Xayah	Base Stats Attack Speed: .625 >>> .658 Attack Speed Ratio: .625 >>> .658
Twisted Fate	Q - Wild Cards Cooldown: 6s >>> 6/5.75/5.5/5.25/5s W - Pick A Card Blue Card AP Ratio: 90% >>> 115% Red Card AP Ratio: 60% >>> 70%

But we also have to check out the upcoming League of Legends skins, right? Riot makes 90% of their money off the in-game cosmetics and they're starting off 2023 with a bang and a multitude of skins.

These Skins Will Come in LoL Patch 13.1:

Riot Reveal New LoL Mythmaker Skins: Cost, Champions, Release

These are all the big changes in the upcoming League of Legends patch 13.1. The patch is going to be released on Tuesday, January 10, 2023 which means you can also start playing ranked around that time of the year once more. Finally, meaningful games are back!